A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Now is not the time to revert back to traditional observation and evaluation protocols because, quite frankly, they will not result in improved outcomes. Mostly miss as there is a definite need for practical strategies in the areas of remote, hybrid, and blended learning facilitated in practical ways.

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TeachThought

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

For example, the column on the left can have words and the column on the right can have definitions. The Definition of Factual Questions: Questions with unambiguous, more or less universally accepted objective answers based on knowledge. A variation of the Matching Question has one column holding more items than the other.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

I must say that the definition and description above align seamlessly with the environment we are currently experiencing. However, we cannot forget the power of television, newspapers, radios, and other traditional sources. In a previous pos t, I outlined the Pillars of Digital Leadership that included key considerations.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 19, 2014

This is something that I could have never dreamed of prior to social media as I felt that writing was definitely not my strong suit. The process continues today where a culture has been built that preserves important traditional elements while pursuing an innovative agenda for growth and improvement.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 17, 2021

These models were never meant for K-12 education, and there is no definitive playbook available as things seem to be in a constant state of flux during the pandemic. As I was on-sight with them in a socially distanced cafeteria, I facilitated a more traditional workshop.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 22, 2014

The world is full of opinions, but lacking in the definitive actions that are needed to transform teaching, learning, and leadership. If you are in a position to do so, how will you help others become change leaders to help create schools that work for kids as opposed to ones that have traditionally just worked well for us?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2015

On the surface I always thought a brand in a traditional sense was a term specific to the corporate world and revolved around selling. The definition above provided clarity, but it was still missing some integral components in order to make the concepts of branding more applicable to the education world.

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TeachThought

JUNE 5, 2024

The Purpose of Questions Thought of roughly as a kind of spectrum, four purposes of questions might stand out, from more “traditional” to more “progressive.” ” (More Traditional) Academic View In a traditional academic setting, the purpose of a question is to elicit a response that can be assessed (i.e.,

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Last, but definitely not least are the students. There is a dire need to support educators in the areas of digital leadership and learning while exposing them to non-traditional learning pathways. The level of trust and confidence we have had in one another allowed each of us to focus on our respective duties.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

People craving more than a drive-by event, traditional school professional development day, or mandated training have an authentic outlet that caters to their interests. Definitions of digital leadership vary and have pretty much become a semantic issue. Leadership is leadership ladies and gentlemen.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 1, 2014

These experiences definitely helped mold me into the adult I have become today. I mage credit: [link] The childhood years were some of the best of my life as they should have been. Three was enough time dedicated to learning during my elementary years, but also ample time for play, exploration, competition, and leisure.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Through many interactive games such as Minecraft our young learners are collaborating, communicating, solving problems, thinking critically, and exhibiting creativity in an array of informal, fun experiences that are definitely impacting learning. Authentic Learning creativity Minecraft Nicholas Sheninger'

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 13, 2018

They most definitely are. There are many lenses through which we can take a more in-depth look to gain more context on the impact complacency has on growth and improvement. Take test scores for example. If a district or school traditionally has high achievement and continues to do so the rule of thumb is that no significant change is needed.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

These traditional approaches to review are problematic on three fronts. Given that my focus is on designing and facilitating student-centered learning experiences utilizing blended learning, I suggest that teachers rethink their traditional approaches to helping students prepare for assessments. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

I know firsthand the toll that the imbalances caused by traditional workflows in education can have on a teacher. ” This definition is grounded in a constructivist perspective that positions the student at the center of learning. Those unrealistic workflows almost drove me out of education.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 20, 2020

My adaptation of Staker and Horn’s (2012) often cited definition is rooted in constructivist principles emphasizing the student’s role as an active participant in the learning process. Most of the schools and districts I work with are focusing on the rotation models because they work well in a traditional school setting.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 12, 2016

I also didn’t want to use the traditional Station Rotation Model and give students a limited amount of time in each station. I will definitely use this variation on the Station Rotation again! Station #3: Find a synonym and antonym for each of our 15 SAT vocabulary words.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

Instead, we need to develop a skill set that is adaptable enough and flexible enough to travel from the bumpy, cobblestone streets of traditional education to the choppy waters of learning in the cloud. This definition is grounded in constructivist principles and positions students at the center of learning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Different learners enjoy engaging with information in different formats, and some learners have sensory or perceptual disabilities that make it challenging to interact with information presented in traditional print formats. Representation. Perception. Comprehension.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Some I spoke with are rethinking the traditional four-year college route altogether, already a path that less than half of high school graduates opt for. Falling endowments, demographic changes and rampant job losses portend a scary time for traditional models of higher education – and a reckoning may come sooner rather than later. “The

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 21, 2020

We have also recently seen more resources and thought pieces shared that critique how traditional research approaches uphold white dominant norms. While equity-driven scholars, advocates, and activists have long been calling for change, their voices are starting to be heard and heeded a bit more broadly.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We still need the traditional algebra-to-calculus curriculum for students who are intending a STEM major,” said Gary Martin, a professor of mathematics education at Auburn University in Alabama who led the team that conducted this survey of college professors. Majors that require calculus were excluded.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

However, the vast majority of the examples that they use in the book pertain to students remembering something that they read earlier, answering exam questions, taking notes, engaging in mini-quizzes, regurgitating back what they heard from a teacher, and similar, extraordinarily traditional educational practices.

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ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2024

A key reason that attacks on the value of college have resonated with so many people, the panelists noted, is that many parents of traditional-college-aged students had failed attempts with higher ed themselves. A lot of people think that going to college means getting a degree.

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ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2023

But are these online students as engaged as those in traditional classes? As one student put it, “I think my level of engagement depends on the course because if the teacher’s more involved, I’m definitely more engaged. Student testimonies in the report bear this out. The survey did find some positives about online courses.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Archaeologists from the University of Colorado Boulder have explored the skeletal remains of ancient humans, shedding light on whether physical changes in bones can definitively reveal the early use of horses for transportation. ” This makes it difficult to draw definitive conclusions from skeletal remains alone.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2024

They are breaking out of traditional silos and disciplines, and ensuring that these courses are encountered by as many students as possible. We definitely teach the fundamentals that let people understand the science of it, and what it means to do climate adaptation, and mitigation,” he added.

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Strange Maps

MARCH 1, 2024

Sprinkled through Homer’s twin epics, Felice Vinci spotted a heap of similar anecdotes that pointed away from the traditional setting of the Iliad , an account of the Trojan War, and the Odyssey , the story of Ulysses’ 10-year journey home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. This part of Homer’s Odyssey doesn’t sound very Mediterranean.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Traditional methods of calculus instruction may be knocking students off the path to these vital occupations, which is why advocates warn that getting diverse students into these careers may require instructional models more responsive to students. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The report, “ Equity: Definitions and Perspectives of U.S. Personal, and Political But a general consensus about equity’s definition doesn’t mean harmony over how to generate equity, nor does it mean comfort with the term itself. The Santa Cruz statement, mentioned above, makes a point to include race. But that’s in California.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

became the lead plaintiff in a California lawsuit alleging that IQ tests discriminated against Black students and were too often used to label them “educable mentally retarded” and remove them from traditional classes. There are some kids who don’t get services under that model who definitely deserve and need support.”

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Credit: Flaviane Malaquias Costa Elizabeth Ann Veasey, a professor at USP and co-author of the study, explained: “We traveled from the remote past to the present, tracing a lineage from archaeological remains to extant maize varieties still being cultivated by traditional peoples.”

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2019

In traditional science classrooms, students are often presented with facts and definitions to memorize, or they are asked to follow a predetermined set of instructions to complete a lab activity. However, this model of instruction does not align with our emerging understanding of how students learn science best.

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ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2024

A traditional four-year degree isn’t a financially feasible path to teaching for some, Lopez adds, while the state’s history of focusing on English-only education has shrunk the pool of Callifornians who are proficient in Spanish. About half of its 473,000 residents speak a language other than English at home, according to U.S.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Here are four thoughts that are spinning around in my brain after a couple of hours of discussion… First, if we publish an article in a traditional journal which happens to post that article online and it then gets a few social media shares, that does not make us ‘digital scholars.’

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ED Surge

JUNE 12, 2024

Initially, whenever individual students ran into emotional outbursts, I tried traditional methods like distributing worksheets focused on mental health and wellness. However, these worksheets merely listed definitions and coping mechanisms without providing engaging content or opportunities for meaningful discussion.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

You definitely have this tension between this hybrid vision not too far in the future—and all of this messy reality,” Garrett says. Some COOs who responded to the survey expressed worry that students may seek online learning because they believe those courses are easier than traditional, face-to-face courses.

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